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From the Daily Mail: Health officials have warned about a potential measles outbreak at New York’s JFK International Airport.
A child who entered the country on a China Airlines flight has tested positive for the highly contagious disease.
After arriving at Terminal 4, the patient traveled on a shuttle bus to Philadelphia where they visited two clinics and were eventually diagnosed.
Anyone who was on the shuttle bus on February 25 between 9.30pm and 3.15am is being urged to get tested for the disease.
People who were also at a clinic in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, on February 26 from 11.45am to 2.15pm, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia King of Prussia campus, from 12.52am to 3.02pm, are also being advised to get tested.
In another recent incident, a passenger at the Los Angeles International Airport who arrived on a Korean Air flight from Seoul also tested positive for measles on February 19.
The report explains that measles, which is highly contagious, is transmitted via direct contact with infectious droplets released into the air by patients when they cough, sneeze or breathe.
Even worse: Infectious droplets can hang in the air for around two hours, and a person who contracts the disease may not show symptoms until seven to 14 days after infection.
According to the county, people may have been exposed to the measles on a China Airlines shuttle bus departing JFK Airport, arriving in North Philadelphia February 25th into the 26th. 69 News Reporter Jack Reinhard has the story. https://t.co/9GB9CFrRMw
— WFMZ-TV 69News (@69News) March 3, 2025
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